[PDF] Geotechnical Engineering by V. Murthy

Geotechnical Engineering Rules and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Basis Engineering by V. N. S. Murthy

Book Description:

A must have reference for any engineer involved with foundations, piers, and retaining walls, this remarkably comprehensive volume illustrates soil characteristic concepts with examples that detail a wealth of practical considerations, It covers the latest developments in the design of drilled pier foundations and mechanically stabilized earth retaining wall and explores a pioneering approach for predicting the nonlinear behavior of laterally loaded long vertical and batter piles. As complete and authoritative as any volume on the subject, it discusses soil formation, index properties, and classification; soil permeability, seepage, and the effect of water on stress conditions; stresses due to surface loads; soil compressibility and consolidation; and shear strength characteristics of soils. While this book is a valuable teaching text for advanced students, it is one that the practicing engineer will continually be taking off the shelf long after school lets out. Just the quick reference it affords to a huge range of tests and the appendices filled with essential data, makes it an essential addition to an civil engineering library.

Primary Contents of Geotechnical Engineering PDF E book

• CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2. SOIL FORMATION AND CHARACTERIZATION 
• CHAPTER 3. SOIL PHASE RELATIONSHIPS, INDEX PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATION
• CHAPTER 4. SOIL PERMEABILITY AND SEEPAGE
• CHAPTER 5. EFFECTIVE STRESS AND PORE WATER PRESSURE
• CHAPTER 6. STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOILS DUE TO SURFACE LOADS
• CHAPTER 7. COMPRESSIBILITY AND CONSOLIDATION
• CHAPTER 8. SHEA R STRENGTH OF SOIL
• CHAPTER 9. SOIL EXPLORATION 
• CHAPTER 10. STABILITY OF SLOPES
• CHAPTER 11. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE
• CHAPTER 12. SHALLOW FOUNDATION I: ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY
• CHAPTER 13. SHALLOW FOUNDATION II: SAFE BEARING PRESSURE AND SETTLEMENT CALCULATION
• CHAPTER 14. SHALLOW FOUNDATION III: COMBINED FOOTINGS AND MAT FOUNDATIONS
• CHAPTER 15. DEE P FOUNDATION I : PILE FOUNDATION
• CHAPTER 16. DEE P FOUNDATION II : BEHAVIOR OF LATERALLY LOADED VERTICAL AND BATTER PILES
• CHAPTER 17. DEE P FOUNDATION III : DRILLED PIER FOUNDATIONS
• CHAPTER 18. FOUNDATIONS ON COLLAPSIBLE AND EXPANSIVE SOIL
• CHAPTER 19. CONCRETE AND MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH RETAINING WALLS
• CHAPTER 20. SHEET PILE WALLS AND BRACED CUTS
• CHAPTER 21. SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Preface to Geotechnical Engineering eBook

PREFACE This Geotechnical Engineering ebook has the next goals:

1. To clarify the basics of the topic from principle to follow in a logical manner

2. To be complete and meet the necessities of undergraduate college students

3. To function a basis course for graduate college students pursuing superior data within the topic

There are 21 chapters on this Geotechnical Engineering ebook. The primary chapter hint s the historic background of the topic and the second offers with the formation and mineralogical composition of soils.

Chapter 3 covers the index properties and classification of soil. Chapters 4 and 5 clarify soil permeability , seepage, and the impact of water on stress circumstances in soil .

Stresses developed in soil as a result of imposed floor masses , compressibility and consolidation traits , and shear energy traits of soil are deal t wit h in Chapters 6,7 , and 8 respectively.

The primary eight chapters develop the mandatory instruments for computing compressibility and energy traits of soils.

Chapter 9 offers with strategies for acquiring soil samples within the discipline for laboratory assessments and for figuring out soil parameter s instantly by use of discipline assessments.

Chapter s 1 0 to 2 0 deal wit h stability issues pertaining to earth embankments, retaining partitions, and foundations. Chapter 2 1 explains the assorted strategies by which soil in situcanbe improved. Many geotechnical engineers haven’t appreciated the significance of this topic .

No quantity of sophistication within the improvement of theories will assist the designers if the soil parameters use d within the principle will not be correctly evaluated to simulate discipline circumstances. Professors who educate this topic ought to stress this matter .

The chapters on this Geotechnical Engineering ebook are organized in a logical manner for the event of the subject material. There’s a easy transition from on e chapter to the following and the continuity of the fabric is maintained.

Every chapter begins with an introduction to the subject material, develops the idea, and clarify s it s software to sensible issues .

Enough examples are worred out to assist college students perceive the importance of the theories. Man y homework downside s are give n a t the tip of every chapter .

The subject material cope with in every chapter is restricted to the requirement s of undergraduate college students. Half-baked theories and unconfirmed take a look at outcomes will not be developed on this Geotechnical Engineering ebook. Chapter s are up-to-date as per engineering requirements .

Th e data present d in Chapter 1 7 on drilled pier foundations is the most recent accessible on the time of this writing. The design of mechanically y stabilized earth retaining partitions can be present.

A brand new methodology for predicting the nonlinear conduct of laterally loaded vertical and batter piles is described in Chapter 16.

The Geotechnical Engineering ebook is complete , rational, and pertinent to the necessities of undergraduate college students. It serves as a basis course for graduate college students, and is helpful as a reference Geotechnical Engineering ebook for designers and contractors within the discipline of geotechnical engineering.

Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Civil and Environmental Engineering) PDF

Author(s): V.N.S. Murthy

Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2002

ISBN: 9780824708733

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